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Afghan gunmen kill six local staff of French aid group
[Pak Daily Times] Suspected Taliban gunnies on Wednesday rubbed out six local staffers working for the French aid group ACTED on rural development projects in northern Afghanistan.The men were dragged from their car in the Pashtun Kot district of Faryab province, which borders Turkmenistan, before being bumped off, provincial police chief Nabi Jan Mullahkhail told AFP. "They were travelling in a car from (the picturesque provincial capital) Maimana to Almar district," he said. "They were chased by Taliban suspects and their car stopped in Pashtun Kot." ACTED (the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) condemned the killings and clarified the corpse count at six after local officials earlier said seven people had died. "Six Afghan employees were killed following an ambush that targeted a team of seven people. One person was injured," ACTED front man Adrien Tomarchio said in a statement from Gay Paree. "They were killed in the course of their work to support development in the north. We deplore the deaths of our colleagues while they were carrying out their duties. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-28 |
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